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Re: Help on groundcovers - marrubium



Welcome to the list -

I don't know if this helps but - I grow Marrubium vulgare which is known as
white horehound. It grows to about 40 cm with whitish soft velvety leaves
and an aromatic scent - it is a valuable medicinal herb used in cough
mixtures. Mine enjoys dry sunny conditions and is very hardy here in North
Wales. (Sorry we don't equate to any of the US zones :- occassional frosts
and snow with lots of wet in between, winter lowest temp, I would guess
is -10C and warm, not hot, summers)
I can't find any mention of M. rotunditfolium in any of my books (though one
herb book mentions there are 30 different species in the genus Marrubium,
but only describes one!).

Alison in North Wales UK


>New on perennial list and need help.  Visited the Denver Botanic Gardens
last
>month and saw a ground cover that was in their water conservation garden.
>Label on it indicates name is Marrubium Rotundfolium.  It spreads in a
>creeping fashion.  Has small round slightly cupp-shaped leaves.  Color is
>gray-green with whitle around the edges.  Looks like a succulent.   Need to
>know if it will grow in 5a, haven't been able to find it in my somewhat
>limited
>stack of perennial guides.  Is part of the name missing or a common name I
>can find in catalogs?  Any help would be welcomed.
>
>Dottie
>Cincinnati, OH 5a

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